Nerds At Church

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 28 or Proper 23, which falls on October 15th this year, including our deep dive into weddings! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Kay recommended A Practical Wedding for practical advice as well as tools and resources; Offbeat Wed for lots of ideas outside the normative wedding practices; Captain Awkward for all the awkward advice you need for weddings!

For more on the horror of the Twilight: Breaking Dawn, pt. 1 wedding scene, check out Horror Nerds At Church’s episode on the movie with friend of the podcast, Suzannah Porter.  For more on fire, check out this year’s Pentecost episode and for more on vineyards, check out last week’s episode.  Emily also mentioned HNAC’s first book miniseason episode on Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View. 

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 27 or Proper 22, which falls on October 8th this year, including our deep dive into vineyards! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We mentioned this summer’s parables episode with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine for the 9th Sunday after Pentecost. For more on vineyard management, check out this article from Michigan State University, this Practical Winery Library magazine, this study on vineyard management for grape production, or these pictures of what grapevines look like throughout the growing cycle.  Just for fun, check out the I Love Lucy scene of Lucy stomping grapes!

CN: we talk about diet culture when discussing the second reading.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Suzannah Porter (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 26 or Proper 21, which falls on October 1st this year, including our deep dive into music in worship! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Check out Suzannah’s musical gifts in QueeryingTheMusic (part of Emily’s QueeryingTheText blog, which is currently on hiatus, but has posts from the last time this year’s readings were up).  Suzannah mentioned her Sneaky B**** Playlist of Spirit-filled secular music.  We mentioned last week’s episode diving into Philippians.  Don’t forget to become a Patreon supporter to have access and download Suzannah’s comprehensive guide to citing music licenses for worship!

CN: we talk about abuse and family dysfunction when discussing the deep dive.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 25 or Proper 20, which falls on September 24th this year, including our deep dive into Philippians! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  To check out Emily’s first ever #RollForSermon on Philippians, you can find the tiktok here and you can find the full sermon here. For more on Paul, the author of Philippians, check out our deep dive for our episode on the 3rd Sunday of Easter last year.  For more on biblical cussing, check out the deep dive for our first season’s episode for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost.  For more about Jonah, check out the deep dive for our first season’s episode for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany with River Cook Needham.  For more on vengeance, check out this season’s deep dive in our episode on the 14th Sunday after Pentecost.

CN: we mention Nazis when discussing the first reading and suicide in the second reading.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (she), the Scholar in Residence at the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 24 or Proper 19, which falls on September 17th this year, including our deep dive into forgiveness! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  If you haven’t bought On Repentance and Repair yet, use this link for 10% off! We mentioned our Advent 3 episode on the Babylonian exile and last week’s episode on responding to abuse.  Rabbi Ruttenberg mentioned working with the organization Jewish Sacred Spaces.  She also mentioned Judge Joseph Flies-Away’s insights into community harm and accountability, and the book The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal. 

To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut guest episodes, Live Q&As, merch, and more.  If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 23 or Proper 18, which falls on September 10th this year, including our deep dive into responding to abuse. 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Check out church abuse prevention resources like this general one and this volunteer-focused one from Church Mutual.  Also, check out this Safe Church training from the Episcopal Church.  The CDC also has a resource (in English and Spanish) for preventing child abuse at program activities.  New York also came out with some best practices for an abuse-free environment.

If abuse does happen, this resource from the Southwest Minnesota Synod of the ELCA covers everything from preventing to reporting and responding.  This is a great resource to look at community-based intervention.  Abolitionist Tools has many great resources, including ones from Beyond Courts.  This resource specifically focuses on questions to consider when considering responding to harm without involving the criminal justice system.

We mentioned last week’s episode on vengeance, last year’s episode on criminal (in)justice with Dr. Sally Frank, our first season’s episode on prison abolition with Rev. Elle Dowd, this season’s episode on disarmament, and this season’s episode on the Office of the Keys with Bp. Brenda Bos.

CN: we talk about abuse during the deep dive.
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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 22 or Proper 17, which falls on September 3rd this year, including our deep dive into vengeance! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  For more on law and legality, check out this recent Philosophy Tube episode.  Dive deeper into what Sodom and Gomorrah were really about with last year’s episode on the 7th Sunday after Pentecost.  Check out this Jewish Women’s Archive article for more about Dinah.  This is the Movie in 15 Minutes retelling of Troy that Kay mentioned.  For the best theological take on lynching, check out The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone.

CN: we talk about both systemic and interpersonal, including sexual, violence when discussing the deep dive. We mention abuse briefly in the Gospel reading.

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Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) and special guest Bp. Brenda Bos (she/her) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 21 or Proper 16, which falls on August 27th this year, including our deep dive into the Office of the Keys! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We mentioned last week’s episode with the Canaanite woman in Matthew, last season’s Ash Wednesday episode with Aubrey Thonvold on reconciling communities, this season’s Easter Vigil episode with Rabbi Becky Silverstein on midrash, and this season’s 10th Sunday after Pentecost episode with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine on parables.  For more about sheep check out last year’s episode on Easter 4, or Good Shepherd Sunday, with Polly Festa; for more about shame check out our first season episode on the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost with Rev. Callie Swanlund; for more about alcoholism check out last season’s episode on the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany with Rev. Ingrid Brown.

CN: we talk about the holocaust and antisemitism as well as abuse, especially church abuse, when discussing the deep dive.

We talk about abuse in the Gospel conversation.

To support Nerds At Church, you can become a Patreon Supporter at any tier for extra perks and bonus content including uncut guest episodes, Live Q&As, merch, and more.  If becoming a paying supporter isn't possible right now, please leave us a review instead — it helps sustain the show and spread the word!  Check us out on Facebook & Twitter at @NerdsAtChurch to connect!

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 20 or Proper 15, which falls on August 20th this year, including our deep dive into equity, especially as it relates to affirmative action! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  Check out the recent Supreme Court decision about affirmative action here.  There’s a great recap of the Supreme Court decisions from this year in this article.  For more learning and growth, sign up for Anti-Racism Daily (or the weekly version) and participate in anti-racism training with an organization like Crossroads. We mentioned last season’s episode diving deep into labor justice with Ale Murguia-Ortiz, our first season’s Easter 5 episode diving deep into eunuchs and gender, and our first season's 15th Sunday after Pentecost episode diving deep into biblical cussing.  Kay mentioned this “instead of going to therapy” meme.

CN: we talk about racism mostly in the deep dive, but also throughout.

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 19 or Proper 14, which falls on August 13th this year, including our deep dive into silent contemplative spiritual practices! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We talked about our deep dive into fire from this year’s Pentecost episode and last year’s deep dive into capitalism with Dr. Felipe Maia.   Kay mentioned this NSFW meme of a tree being struck by lightning.

CN: we talk about fasting when discussing the deep dive.

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